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Hi Carley, I am truly sorry to hear about your pain…. My diagnosis was basically the...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/102137/
relieved the pain and symptoms of PMR ... Negative on lyme disease, RA, cancer ... can accurately detect the pain of my PMR ... I can feel the warmth of the PMR inflammation ... and too short of a duration to treat PMR
Discussion: Diagnosed with PMR 2 1/2 years ago. How do I manage the extreme pain?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Nov 23, 2018
Unfortunately, I think being on prednisone for at least a year is pretty standard (if you...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/137699/
I was diagnosed with PMR the end of ... My RA put me on 15 mg of prednisone. ... I like my RA. ... you try to wean off too fast, the PMR ... She said it was unusual for the PMR
Discussion: How to address PMR pain while decreasing prednisone
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Jan 27, 2018
Yes. Its going to be a wild ride. If you can bear the pain then try...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1082508/
percentage started using them for PMR ... Methotrexate is an immune blocker. works on RA ... But it doesnt help with PMR. ... IL-6 has been shown to be active in PMR
Discussion: PMR and Methotrexate
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Jun 7, 2024
Hmmm. they were all showing negative but that means you have no signs of inflammation. ....
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1077460/
have to attribute your hand pain to PMR ... just don't know anything about PMR ... of is that not showing positive for RA ... Factor does mot mean you don't have RA
Discussion: Are painful swollen hands and fingers a PMR flare?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: May 29, 2024
@ferret911 I was on methotrexate for years. Just make sure someone is doing quarterly blood draws...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1073949/
history of both reactive arthritis and PMR ... I have RA that began as sero negative ... answer any questions about life with RA
Discussion: "Evolution" of Seronegative RA into PMR
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: May 24, 2024
Hello:) Your question caught my attention. Since January O am being treated by NP for PMR...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1054383/
January O am being treated by NP for PMR ... Rhuematologist feels is not PMR, instead ... it is RA, and I began methotrexate
Discussion: PMR and MGUS/SSM/MM multiple myeloma
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Apr 20, 2024
Maybe you are another person with multiple problems. There is no rule that says people diagnosed...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1038726/
rule that says people diagnosed with PMR ... of inflammatory arthritis but not PMR ... the same as Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA ... started when I was much younger so PMR ... She eventually concluded I had PMR.
Discussion: Symptoms Concentrated in Legs?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Mar 23, 2024
To dj13: Your timeline, dosages, and remaining symptoms closely mimic my own experiences, including playing soccer...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1036009/
to be adjusted to P30 to tame the PMR ... normal, and we were no longer treating PMR ... Also, my RA lab was normal. ... that the pain is in fact or probably PMR ... , returning pain is not always PMR,
Discussion: Confused about PMR symptoms
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Mar 18, 2024
RA is quite a different disease. My rheum was telling me that PMR is not classified...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1030848/
RA is quite a different disease. ... My rheum was telling me that PMR is ... The PMR disease process is not happening ... PMR happens in connective tissues, particularly
Discussion: Rheumatoid Drs
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Mar 10, 2024
Yes ... I think that is true. https://www.arthritis.org/health-wellness/treatment/treatment-plan/disease-management/the-first-medications-for-psa "Biologic DMARDs are used if your PsA wasn’t...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1010415/
are the same ones that are used for RA ... sad that autoimmune disorders like PMR ... PMR might be different because people ... called a "close cousin" of RA ... with the same medications used for RA
Discussion: How do I get my Rheumatologist to listen ?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Feb 5, 2024